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Greener RE will Green a University of Wisconsin Building
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We are a social and environmental activist student group who seeks to incorporate GREEN into our school UW. Numerous buildings within the UW system currently meet the standards needed for certification and our Student Organization seeks to obtain LEED certification for the buildings. With LEED certification, our UW buildings can improve the sustainability of our investment and the competitiveness of our UW. As active students, we know we can be a major impact in the greatness of our University. We can accomplish this by investing our time into the organization and provide consulting services in sustainability at no cost to our UW. However consulting is only the half of it, in order to be recognized as sustainable by the United States Green Building Council we need to submit the findings along with $10,000 for the certification. Please help our efforts and we, Greener RE, will work to reduce your taxes and create a model of sustainabilit Read More

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Soren Harrison started this discussion on Feb 23, 2008

I’d love to see UW become greener!

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    Hey guys, great campaign! Do you have all the necessary school approval for this project? Do you know which building you’ll green-ify?

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    Well, for starters I heard the group is doing Grainger Hall, School of Business at the University of Wisconsin and then moving on to Green the entire UW-System! Greener RE’s strategic vision serves all states and nations; in three ways: 1. The Tripple Bottom Line.

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Anonymous started this discussion on Feb 21, 2008

We are a social and environmental activist student group who seeks to incorporate GREEN into our school UW. Numerous buildings within the UW system currently meet the standards needed for certification and our Student Organization seeks to obtain LEED certification for the buildings. With LEED certification, our UW buildings can improve the sustainability of our investment and the competitiveness of our UW. As active students, we know we can be a major impact in the greatness of our University. We can accomplish this by investing our time into the organization and provide consulting services in sustainability at no cost to our UW. However consulting is only the half of it, in order to be recognized as sustainable by the United States Green Building Council we need to submit the findings along with $10,000 for the certification. Please help our efforts and we, Greener RE, will work to reduce your taxes and create a model of sustainability building for public education. In return for positive philanthropic contributions of $250 or more, Greener RE will recognize individuals or groups in a distinguished manner. Thank you for your support in advance, with out your help our advancements would not possible. The Greener RE idea was inspired by the extraordinary Professor Rod Matthews. Thanks for being awesome Rod! Greener RE

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